Major & minor
E harmonic minor scale
Minor with a raised 7th: an exotic, classical sound with a strong pull back home.
- Notes
- EF♯GABCD♯
- Formula
- 12♭345♭67
- Steps
- WHWWHW+HH
How to play the E harmonic minor scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------------2-3-5-| B|-------------------------1-4-5-------| G|-------------------0-2-4-------------| D|-------------1-2-4-------------------| A|-------0-2-3-------------------------| E|-0-2-3-------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 0–5
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-----------0-2-3-| E|-----0-2---------| C|-0-3-------------| G|---------0-------|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the E harmonic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
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